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No. 723,904. PATENTED MAR. 31, 1903.'

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HORSE COLLAR.

APPLIOATION FILED Dnc. 24, 1900.

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HORSE COLLAR.

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UNITED i STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL OLSON, OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

HORS E-CO LLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,904, dated March 31, 1903.

Application filed December 24, 1900l Serial 110.740.904. (No model.)

rence, in the county of Douglas and State of.`

Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to combined horsecollars and haines; and one object of my invention is to produce a collar and hames which will be more conveniently placed on the animals neck than a separate collar and llames.

A further object of my invention is to so shape and form the inner faces of the collar that these faces or pads will not chafe thehames 2 by means ofi-two straps 8, which are animals neck or shoulders. l v

A further object is to produce a peculiarlyshaped wooden body for each side of the collar, whereby the stufng will not become thin or packed together at the middle of the sides, as always occurs in ordinary collars.

A further object is to prod ucea collar which is opened at the bottom and free from the objectionable features of other bottom-opening collars.

A still further object of -my invention is to dispense with seams in the leather facing of the collar.

With the above-named objects in View my invention consists in certain novel construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully'described, and set forth in the claim. j

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a combined haines and collar constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same, showing the cap thrownA forward in order to expose the top of the collar. a transverse sectional v iew of one side of the collar, showing th shape of the wooden body portion thereof. Fig. 5 is a central 4vertical section of the 'pad and the cap. Fig. 6 is a top plan View of the pad-supporting leather detached from the haines.

The haines and sides of the collar are shaped substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Each hame comprises a curved wooden piece 2, provided with anintegral ornamental bead 22L Fig. t is i on its front side adjacent to the facing 3,

VThe' ends of thehames are curved toward each other,'as shown in Fig. 1, the upper ends of thehames'being shown in dotted lines.

Referring to Fig. 3, a metal plate 4 is secured to the upper end of each hame 2. The adjacent or inner ends of these plates 4 are bent upwardly or outwardly from the surfaces of the hames and are provided, respectively, with slots 5, through which extends a strap 6, which'serves to draw and hold the upper ends of thehames 2 together and to se- -cure the upper portion of the cap 7 in the position shown in Figs. l and 2. This cap is rolled edges 7ad and its ends attached to the secu red to the hames, respectively. The middie portion of the cap 7 may also be attached to the strap 6 in any suitable manner.

T wo small straps 12 pass around the upper ends of the respective hames, the ends ot' said `straps .being sewed between the two thick- Vnesses of leather piece 10 at the edges thereof, as shown in Fig. 6. The upper and back edge of piece 10 is curled forwardly atl l0', as shown in Fig. 5, so as to present a rounded appearance from the back instead of a raw edge. The upper thickness of piece 10 is cut by four parallel slits, forming two loops 13, under which the strap 6 (referred to above) is passed, as shown in Fig. 3, for holding the pad 9 firmlyin position. The middle portion of the cap 7 may also be attached to strap 6 in any preferred manner.

Secured to the lower end portion of each haine 2 is a curved metal plate 15, having an outwardly or forwardly extending ear 16, provided with a vertical slot. A short strap 17 extends through the slotted ears 16, and the ends of theA strap are adjustably connected together by a buckle, as shown. 18 designates the tug-plates, having openings 19 and secured to the hames, as shown; 1 Y

The detail construction Aof the hames and collar-pads is as follows: I form each hame of a piece of wood having substantially the shape shown in Fig. 1 and having a longitudinal bead 2, as aforesaid. I then secure a strip of felt or similar material 2O to the rear of each hame, preferably by pasting or gluing. As a stuffing for the pads or cushions which .a crescent-shaped piece of leather having ICC bear against the animals neck and shoulders I prefer horsehair, which is greatly superior to straw and other cheap fillings. This stuffing is covered with a leather facing 3, the edges of which are tacked to the haines and lie in recesses 22 therein, having the same depth as The thickness of the leather, as shown in Fig. 4. lt will thus be apparent lhat seams in the facing are avoided by my method of construction.

A common fault in horse-collars is that after having been used a while the side pads become thin or soft at or near their middle portions and 1he stuflng settles toward the lower ends of the pads or packs upwardly toward the top. l obviate this defect by forming the haines or wooden bodies 2 of greater thickness in the middle, in curves which conform approximately to the shape of the pads, and, further, by employinga stuffing material, such as hoi'sehair, which is elaslic and retains its shape.

'lhe width of the collar is, ofcourse, adjustable in any desired manner b y adjusting the upper strap (i or the lower strap 17, both of which have been referred to hereinbefore.

Havingr now fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a combined collar and haines, a pair of hanles made of substantially rigid material, a pad 9 between their upper ends, a leather piece 11 secured to the top of the pad, a leather piece l0, comprising two thicknesses, secured to the top of piece 11, two straps l2 having their ends secured between the thicknesses of said piece 10 and passing around the hames near the upper ends thereof, the haines being thus held between said straps and said piece 10, a pair of slotted plates 4 secured to the upper ends of the respective hames, two loops 13 formed by cutting slits in the upper thicknesses of said piece 10, and a strap 6 passing under said loops and through said slotted plates, for holding the upper ends of the hamestogether and further supporting said pad, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of' two witnesses.

PAUL OLSON.

lVitnesses:

E. MARTINDALE, A. G. HoNNoLD. 

